⚔ Battle
Krishnadevaraya takes Raichur
1520 – present · 📍 Raichur
What it led to: Vijayanagara won the Raichur doab from Bijapur.
Where it happened.
Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- 1510 ⚔ Portuguese capture Goa · Portuguese Estado da Índia
- 1526 ⚔ First Battle of Panipat · Mughal Empire
- 1527 ⚔ Battle of Khanwa · Mughal Empire
- 1529 ⚔ Battle of the Ghaghra · Mughal Empire
- 1530 Death of Babur; Humayun succeeds · Mughal Empire
Alive at the time
Srimanta Sankardev
c. 1449 – c. 1568
Assamese saint who founded Ekasarana Dharma and the sattras
Vasco da Gamac. 1460 – c. 1524
Portuguese navigator who reached Calicut in 1498
Guru Nanak1469 – 1539
Founder of Sikhism and the first Sikh Guru
Malik Muhammad Jayasic. 1477 – c. 1542
Author of the Awadhi epic Padmavat
Surdasc. 1478 – c. 1583
Blind Bhakti poet of the Sursagar
Purandara Dasac. 1484 – c. 1564
Called the 'father of Carnatic music'
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu1486 – 1534
Bhakti saint of Bengal who inspired Gaudiya Vaishnavism
Mirabaic. 1498 – c. 1547
Rajput princess and Bhakti poet devoted to Krishna
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🗂 Era 1
- Medieval IndiaPart of this era
⏳ Periods 1
- Vijayanagara EmpireBelongs to this period
🏛 Kingdoms & empires 12
- Vijayanagara EmpireA phase of
- Sultanate of the Maldives 1153 – 1968Existed at the same time (65 years)
- Malla Dynasty of Nepal 1201 – 1769Existed at the same time (65 years)
- Delhi Sultanate 1206 – 1526Existed at the same time (21 years)
- Ahom Kingdom 1228 – 1826Existed at the same time (65 years)
- Mewar (Sisodia) 1326 – 1949Existed at the same time (65 years)
- Vijayanagara Empire 1336 – 1646Existed at the same time (65 years)
- Bahmani Sultanate 1347 – 1527Existed at the same time (22 years)
- Kingdom of Mysore 1399 – 1950Existed at the same time (65 years)
- Kingdom of Kandy 1469 – 1815Existed at the same time (65 years)
- Portuguese Estado da Índia 1505 – 1961Existed at the same time (65 years)
- Mughal Empire 1526 – 1857Existed at the same time (44 years)
👑 Rulers 4
- Vira Narasimha Raya 1505 – 1509Ruled it
- Krishnadevaraya 1509 – 1529Ruled it
- Achyuta Deva Raya 1529 – 1542Ruled it
- Sadasiva Raya 1542 – 1570Ruled it
👤 People 4
- Purandara Dasa c. 1484 – c. 1564Lived under it
- Domingo Paes active c. 1520Lived under it
- Tenali Ramakrishna active c. 1520Lived under it
- Allasani Peddana active c. 1520Lived under it
⚔ Events 3
- Battle of Talikota 1565Happened in it
- Krishnadevaraya's accession 1509Happened in it
- Krishnadevaraya takes Raichur 1520Happened in it
🔧 Technology 1
- The first printing press September 1556Made or discovered in this time
📄 Research 3
- Inscribing the Other, Inscribing the Self: Hindu-Muslim Identities in Pre-Colon… Cynthia Talbot · 1995Research on this topic
- The Formation of Chinese Maritime Networks to Southern Asia, 1200–1450 Tansen Sen · 2006Research on this topic
- The temple and the state in medieval South India Kesavan Veluthat · 2017Research on this topic
📚 Books 2
- A Forgotten Empire: Vijayanagar Robert SewellRecommended reading
- Themes in Indian History, Parts I–III (Class 12) NCERTRecommended reading